New Tracks Weekend, February 19-21

How many headliners can you pack into one weekend? We shall see. We've got today's new releases from Crescendo, Wild Nothing, and The Telewire, a broadcast premiere from Walking Misery, new music from Japan's Collapse, Estonia's She Bit Her Lip (giving Pinkshinyultrablast a run for their money!), Austin's Ask For Joy, Fir Cone Children, Tape Deck Mountain, We Are Temporary, Good Personalities, Jupitamoon, Svankropp, and topped with world broadcast premieres […]

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New Tracks Weekend

New Tracks Weekend, December 4-6

The Man is trying to keep us down. No, seriously. Technical issues have impeded our ability to bring the awesome, in the awesome manner to which you are accustomed. So while we yell at those responsible, we've cultivated a brilliant New Tracks Weekend, full of amazing music for you. We kick off with the new Jay Som LP, Untitled. What the title lacks in imagination is more than made up […]

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Sounds

Crescendo Premieres "Repulsor"

Crescendo took the West Coast by storm last year with the album Lost Thoughts, anchored by tunes full of optimism and longing. It's been a long wait since then. Personnel changes, one false start and much songwriting later, Crescendo has finally revealed "Repulsor", the first track from Unless, their first album for Italy's respected We Were Never Being Boring label. The same joy, churning and frenetic pace you loved from […]

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Interviews

The Interview: Cre•scen•do

Cre•scen•do emerged from the depths of the LA music scene at the beginning of 2014, and have been making a tuneful noise that’s caught the attention of the press (and us!) since the beginning of June. First they dropped the single “Gatsby”, a quick hit of jangle joy on June 6th, then followed up three weeks later at Spin Magazine with their second single “Jacqueline’s Apartment”. The debut album Lost […]

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New Tracks Weekend

New Tracks Weekend, June 28-30

We are the purveyors of new. This weekend, no exception. Brand new track from Cre•scen•do debuted on Spin Magazine this week (we've got that!), plus the newest from The Daysleepers, Static in Verona, The History of Colour TV, Sighs, Schonwald, Miniatures, Let's be Loveless, Taffy, Kid Foguete, Clustersun, Allusondrugs, The Watchmakers, We Keep the City Running, Jubilee Courts, Jekyll, Пожар, and a few classics from Incense. Plus we're still tweaking […]

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